2006-04-23

some thoughts of late

princess nora

: it seems very gross to me to imagine an organ (like an appendix) being pulled through a tiny laproscopic hole in your abdomen.

: i have a new favorite store- urban gardener on high street. me gusto mucho.

: i have identified a dilusion of mine. this week, while off work- i was so self concious not being/feeling productive. i compensated by obsessively thinking about the future. this felt productive to me. my realization is that obsessively thinking about something is infact- not productive.

: on that note and with some humor- i will now share what our life will look like in two years. b/c clearly- i have it all figured out:

~ i will work on and complete my masters in education.
~ we will purchase a house.
~ we will be pregnant.
~ charles will successfully complete the process to apply to in his dream PHD program.
~ i receive counsel and therapy for my deep seeded control issues. :)

: we went to a great party friday night. it was at taylor mansion. it was a thank you party thrown by a good friend from highschool. it was in honor of the community that supported she and her husband through the most difficult year of their marriage. i can think of no better reason to party!

: seedlings have started to sprout for oregano, basil, okra, tomatos, and sage. rosemary is struggling. will purchase lavender and rosemary and perhaps some thyme. this is a picture of my nephew aidan's spice chart.

spices_aidan


2006-04-13

good friday

passover_africa

i found these images of the passion by different african artists.

i really like them and hope you do too.

bye!

2006-04-10

holy week

i know christmas is supposed to be the season to hear the song, 'it's the most wonderful time of the year (i'm hearing the amy grant version by the way in my head. ... not that i hear things in my head). but i definatley think this is the most wonderful time of the year.

it is also wonderful b/c my inner lutheran comes out.

today's chewable vitamin:

"He will shade you with his wings; you will not fear the terror of the night.
He who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells under the shade of the Almighty.He will say to the Lord: “You are my shelter and my strength, my God, in whom I trust”. For he will free you from the hunter’s snare, from the voice of the slanderer. He will shade you with his wings, you will hide underneath his wings. His faithfulness will be your armour and your shield. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day; nor the plague that walks in the shadows, nor the death that lays waste at noon.

A thousand will fall at your side, at your right hand ten thousand will fall, but you it will never come near. You will look with your eyes and see the reward of sinners. For the Lord is your shelter and refuge; you have made the Most High your dwelling-place. Evil will not reach you, harm cannot approach your tent;for he has set his angels to guard you and keep you safe in all your ways.They will carry you in their arms in case you hurt your foot on a stone.

You walk on the viper and cobra, you will tread on the lion and the serpent.

Because he clung to me, I shall free him: I shall lift him up because he knows my name.
He will call upon me and for my part, I will hear him: I am with him in his time of trouble.
I shall rescue him and lead him to glory.
I shall fill him with length of days and show him my salvation.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

He will shade you with his wings; you will not fear the terror of the night."
~ psalm 91

2006-04-09

lately

i have a couple of things on my mind that i thought i would share. i had coffee at 10pm and 12.20pm suddenly seems like the perfect time to blog. here are my thoughts and things that might be worthwhile to know...

:: i don't get going to church when you're not connected to people at that church. i think this is a good thing that i don't get it. this is not a statement on church perse- more on my understanding of how vital it is to be connected to people.

:: if you order rotolo's pepporoni pizza cooked well done and cut into pies- i doubt you'll order any other kind of pizza. it's way good.

:: i have had an expereince at work lately- where i am more deeply convinced that having people in authority believe in you is super powerful. it does my heart good.

:: i went to see invisable children tonight.

here is a list of movies that have raised my social awareness and stirred mercy in my heart. if you have some movies that fit this category- please share them in the comment section:

: glory~ mbrodrick post ferris; denzel pre malcom x. civil war movie about a all black regimen.
: flawless~ deniro (hard ass cop) and semoyer hoffman (drag queen) develop a friendship.
: schindler's list~ liam neeson as the righteous gentile.
: hotel rwanda~ when america shut its eyes (part VIII).
: monsoon wedding~ dysfunctional familes are trans-cultural.
: crash~ race in modern america... not that we have a race problem...
: to kill a mocking bird (but the book was better)~ atticus was one of my first heros.
: lord of war~ a nicolas cage movie that doesn't make me laugh at him the whole time.
: cry freedom~ steve binko and a dutch guy's friendship.
: amandla~ the role of art in the uprising of aparthied.
: magnolia~ the conflicted relationship between a estranged man and his wacked out son.
: born into brothels~ art redeems.
: fog of war~ documentary interview w/ robert macnamara re: vietanam.
: city of god~ art redeems part II.
: motorcycle diaries: che was a commie- but his mercy gifts put most christians to shame.
: american history x: edward norton as skin head.
: malcom x~ denzel gets our attention and convinced me that malcom x wasn't simply an angry black man.
: boys in the hood~ singleton is not clique.
: promises~ a documentary about seven (i think it's 7) palestinian boys and seven jewish boys throughout their childhood and their developing freindship.
: the lost boys of sudan~ the story of refugees from sudan and their acclimation to america.
: invisable children~ makes me proud to be a Christian. historic social movements for change have been led by people of faith. i hope this is our moment.

well... i guess it is time to sleep now.

that is my niecy maggie in the masthead.

love you my peeps.